The Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, 2021 has been filled with a lot of surprises and intrigues, especially with the shocking elimination of the heavyweight teams — Ghana and Algeria from the tournament.
QUEST TIMES takes a look at the qualified teams for AFCON 2021 last 16:
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- Group A:
Cameroon (Winners) Burkina-Faso (Runners-up)
- Group B:
Senegal (Winners) Guinea (Runners-up)
- Group C:
Morocco (Winners) Gabon (Runners-up)
- Group D:
Nigeria (Winners) Egypt (Runners-up)
- Group E:
Ivory Coast (Winners) Eq. Guinea (Runners-up)
- Group F:
Mali (Winners) Gambia (Runners-up)
The following are best third-placed teams:
Cape Verde, Malawi, Tunisia and Comoros ended up finishing in the best third-place finish spots the end of the group stage.
Cape Verde (Group A)
Malawi (Group B)
Tunisia (Group F)
Comoros (Group C)
Editor’s note: Winners and runners-up from each of the six groups qualify for the last 16 of AFON 2021. They are joined by the four best-ranked third-placed teams.
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